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What is with the Hawaii thing of every police officer having a vehicle dedicated to them? They won't respond 80% of the time unless two officers come together. Why aren't most paired up? Wouldn't this save a ton of money for the department on vehicle, maint., and operation expenses?
Okay, yeah, I pulled the 80% out of my B#^^, but you get the idea. Is there something I am not getting?
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LOL, you should see a traffic stop on oahu........ Its tame on this island.
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The vast majority of the vehicles are not county-owned. The officers get an allowance for providing their vehicle, fuel and maintenance. The more they drive their own, the more money they get.
In theory, having 1 per car gives additional flexibility in that they could split off into another call, leaving 1 of the officers to finish the current call and the other to proceed on to the next one. With the response times that I believe everyone in Puna has seen, that isn't what is really happening.
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Seven cops per shift in Puna. Would we prefer seven cars or three and a half cars?
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one per car is the norm most everywhere but cites
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True, I am from the city of San Diego. Maybe it makes sense....
Seven cops in Puna per shift? Sheesh, and I have had three at a time, in three different vehicles. What a waste!
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Aside from them driving their own cars, which I think is dumb... I think spreading them out is a good idea for the most part. I would think that the multiple cops coming to one incident is probably only times where they feel they may be in danger without back up. When that shooter was down in Kehena there were a lot more than 7 cars down there. I still think it is better if they can spread themselves out over the area, since there are so few of them "per square mile".
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With no black and whites...I think gives cops the edge,since there's not many to cover an area the size Oahu or bigger...
The stealth of blending in with the traffic enables them to catch illegal drivers easier.
And they take care of the Vehicles which saves tax money in maintenence.
It's very Big Island
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I respect these people a lot. They have a very tough job.
However, police have it pretty good on this island. Note the amount of holiday, vacation and sick time. Who in the private sector gets 21 days of sick pay per year? Then add in the holiday and vacation time. Anyone here get 21 days of vacation time in their first year of service?
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Benefits
The starting salary for Police Officer I is $3,585 a month, or $43,020 a year. After 18 months, the salary will increase to $3,727 a month, or $44,724 per year. Officers also receive night differential pay and time and a half for holiday work and overtime.
Fringe benefits include:
* Holidays — 13 paid days a year, plus all election days except the primary election.
* Vacation — 21 working days a year. The unused portion may be accumulated up to 90 days.
* Sick leave — 21 working days a year. The unused portion may also be accumulated towards retirement.
* Military leave — full pay for up to 15 working days a year for active duty or annual training.
* Funeral leave — three working days with pay for death of qualified family member.
* Accidental injury leave — upon choice of plan, full pay up to 120 working days for each work-related injury.
* Health insurance — self or family medical, drug, vision and adult dental insurance partly subsidized by the County of Hawaii.
* Life insurance — fully subsidized group life insurance for $26,000. Coverage varies with the age of the employee.
* Uniforms and equipment — furnished by the Hawaii County Police Department.
* Automobile subsidy — monthly allowance for private automobiles in police use, plus fuel and oil and tax-exempt motor vehicle registration if position requires the use of a vehicle.
* Retirement — eligible for retirement with 25 years of service.
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The holidays don't seem out of line. The sick leave seems a bit generous. The vacation is generous for the first year. Does in increase from there? The salary doesn't seem out of line at all given the cost of living there.
How much do you think they should get paid? Unappreciated by most. Hated by many. Work all hours. Work all weather. Work most holidays. (When you were watching your kids open gifts Christmas morning they were working a domestic of which there are plenty of on holidays or if lucky, they were nodding out in a chair while the kids opened gifts because they just got off work.) Respond to many dangerous calls alone. Constantly be in confrontational situations. Go hands on and skin to skin with people having all kinds of diagnosed and undiagnosed diseases. Trying to be a loving family member with no rest after working all night dealing with drunks and idiots. Very likely totally burnt out on the job after 15 to 20 years. etc. Personally I would prefer to deal with a cop who gets plenty of vacation time every year and one that doesn't have to work too much overtime or a second job to provide for his family.
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